Twelve Years of Service
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[Question] VirtualBox Screen Size 06-11-2015, 11:53 PM
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I got a 64 bit version of Ubuntu running in VirtualBox, but I can't resize it to anything but 640x480, even when I'm in fullscreen. I've tried messing with my settings, but nothing seems to be working. Anything I need to fix? (Deleting the VM and creating a new one wouldn't hurt, I have nothing important on the current one.)
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Thirteen Years of Service
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RE: [Question] VirtualBox Screen Size 06-11-2015, 11:58 PM
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I'm not so sure that it's possible. I used to have the same problem and tried absolutely everything to resize the screen, but never found anything to work.
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Twelve Years of Service
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RE: [Question] VirtualBox Screen Size 06-12-2015, 12:11 AM
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Tried installing the Virtual box addons? I don't know if they work out side of Windows, but its ctrl + D I think, or under devices when the VM is running.
I'll boot up a VM and try it now to see if it werks.
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Twelve Years of Service
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RE: [Question] VirtualBox Screen Size 06-12-2015, 12:55 AM
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already covered it seems but yes, install the vbox addons and restart the virtual box and you should be able to adjust the screen size.
Fourteen Years of Service
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RE: [Question] VirtualBox Screen Size 06-12-2015, 06:34 AM
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If you're running a supported Windows 8/8.1 "edition", and your CPU supports SLAT (Second Level Address Translation) for Hardware Virtualization, I highly recommend using the native VM named "Hyper-V".
I have a network of VMs running Hyper-V, and there's very little room for complaints. Full screen, mapping network drives, bridged NIC connections- all rather easy to setup & configure. I can assist with the full setup and the networking side of It.
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RE: [Question] VirtualBox Screen Size 08-29-2015, 01:31 PM
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I had same probs when I was practicing with the server version. I had 3 of them and the re sizing of the was very difficult. I found out that the graphic resources were very low.
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